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A moral prognostication I. what shall befall the churches on Earth, till their concord
A moral prognostication I. what shall befall the churches on Earth, till their concord, by the restitution of their primitive purity, simplicity, and charity, II. how that restitution is like to be made, (if ever) and what shall befall them thence-forth unto the end, in that golden-age of love / written by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed for Thomas Simmons, 1680
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
39. Between these two Sorts of naughty Pastors (the WORLDLY and the HERETICAL) and also the Multitude of Weak erroneous honest Teachers, the Soundest and Worthyest will be so few, that far most of the People (high and low) are like to live under the Influences and Advantages of Erring-Men; and therefore, themselves to be an Erring People.
39. Between these two Sorts of naughty Pastors (the WORDLY and the HERETICAL) and also the Multitude of Weak erroneous honest Teachers, the Soundest and Worthyest will be so few, that far most of the People (high and low) are like to live under the Influences and Advantages of Erring-Men; and therefore, themselves to be an Erring People.
40. In that Measure, that Men are Carnal; their own Carnal Interest will Rule them. And both the WORLDLY and HERETICAL Clergy, are Ruled by Carnal Interests, though not the same Materially. And the Honester Erring Ministers, are Swayed by their Interests too much; Insomuch, that on this account, is was no over-valuing of Timothy, or wrong to the other Pastors, that it should plainly be said by Paul, Phil. 2. 21, 22. [For I have no Man like Minded, who will Naturally care for your State. For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christs.] And Act. 20. 30. [Of your own selves shall Men arise, and speak perverse things, to draw away Disciples after them.] Besides the Grievous Wolves which would not spare the Flocks.
40. In that Measure, that Men are Carnal; their own Carnal Interest will Rule them. And both the WORLDLY and HERETICAL Clergy, are Ruled by Carnal Interests, though not the same Materially. And the Honester Erring Ministers, are Swayed by their Interests too much; Insomuch, that on this account, is was no over-valuing of Tymothy, or wrong to the other Pastors, that it should plainly be said by Paul, Phil. 2. 21, 22. [For I have no Man like Minded, who will Naturally care for your State. For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christs.] And